August 1 Holidays (2022/2023), Historical Events, Famous Birthdays

Holiday name	Holiday location	Holiday type
Lammas	-	Christian
Santo Domingo Celebrations Start	Nicaragua	Observance
Independence Day	Benin	Public Holiday
Army Day	China	Observance
Gualdalcanal Province Day	Solomon Islands	Local Holiday
Colorado Day	United States (Colorado)	Local Observance
Swiss National Day	Switzerland	National Holiday
Parents' Day	Congo Democratic Republic	Public Holiday
Yorkshire Day	United Kingdom	Observance
National Mahjong Day	-	Unofficial (Fun & Joy)
National Raspberry Cream Pie Day	-	Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
National Girlfriends Day	-	(Relationships & Family)
National Minority Donor Awareness Day	-	Unofficial (Awareness & Cause, Health & Body)
Respect for Parents Day	-	Unofficial (Relationships & Family)
Emancipation Day	Multiple [Show]	Public Holiday
Kadooment Day	Barbados	Public Holiday
Festival Monday	British Virgin Islands	Public Holiday
Heritage Day	Canada (Alberta)	Common Local Holiday
Ontario Civic Holiday	Canada (Ontario)	Local Observance
Saskatchewan Day	Canada (Saskatchewan)	Common Local Holiday
Terry Fox Day	Canada (Manitoba)	Local Observance
New Brunswick Day	Canada (New Brunswick)	Common Local Holiday
British Columbia Day	Canada (British Columbia)	Common Local Holiday
Natal Day	Canada (Nova Scotia)	Common Local Holiday
New South Wales Bank Holiday	Australia (New South Wales)	State Holiday
Northern Territory Picnic Day	Australia (Northern Territory)	State Holiday
Youth Day	Kiribati	Public Holiday
National Children's Day	Tuvalu	Public Holiday
Summer Bank Holiday (only Alderney)	Guernsey	Common Local Holiday
Commerce Day	Iceland	National Holiday
August Bank Holiday	Ireland	National Holiday
Summer Bank Holiday	United Kingdom (Scotland)	Common Local Holiday
World Wide Web Day	-	International (Products & Technology )

August 1 2021 holidays

August 1 2023 holidays

Historical Events on August 1

527 A.D: After being named co-ruler by his uncle Justin I in April, Justinian becomes the only ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
1774: Oxygen is discovered by an English theologian, author and chemist named Joseph Priestley
1834: The British Empire abolishes slavery throughout the UK with the institution of the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.
1914: Russia and Germany declare war on each other during WWI.
1929: Thomas Edison holds a state-wide contest in New Jersey to decide who his next 49 apprentices will be.
1936: The 11^th Olympic Games are opened by Adolf Hitler in Berlin.
1941: The United States’ Willy’s Truck Company introduced the first Jeep for the U.S Army- a vehicle known to be quick, lightweight vehicle that can handle all terrain.
1958: Transit of the North Pole is done by United States Atomic submarine the USS Nautilus
1966: Charles Whitman, and ex-U. S Marine, shoots 46 people from an observatory platform at the University of Texas – 14 people are killed and 31 are wounded.
1972: Future U.S. President George W. Bush is suspended for flying with the Texas Air National Guard for missing his annual medical exam.
1994: King of Pop Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley.
1997: The National Cancer Institute releases a report that nuclear testing during the 1950s could have been the cause of thyroid cancer for as many as 75,000 people.
2000: A judge rules that the R.M.S Titanic Company, a company with the salvage rights to the Titanic, could not cut into the sunken ship as they searched for an estimated $300 million dollars of treasure.

Famous Birthdays on August 1

Claudius: Future Roman Emperor born in 10 BC
Jean-Baptiste Lamark: French Naturalist born in 1744
William Clark: Explorer & leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was born in 1770